June 1611

Explorer Gazette

No one really knows what happened to Henry Hudson. Will the world ever know? Long ago, Hudson wanted to search for the Northwest Passage. He did not find it. In June of 1611, his crew thought he was heading back home. But, when they found out he was heading west to search for the Northwest Passage again, they threw him, his son, and seven other loyal crewmen in a boat with no oars. No one ever heard from them again. I think this is what happened. Henry Hudson, and the rest of the people in the boat with him made it to an island but died because they couldn’t get to the other side where all the fruits where. They couldn’t catch fish because they all got away. That is how I think he died.